Fil-Canadian Fernandez shocks 3-time Grand Slam champion Kerber
Fil-Canadian Leylah Fernandez celebrates after defeating Angelique Kerber of Germany. (AFP) Leylah Fernandez, a Canadian with Filipino blood, and Tokyo ...
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PH chessers smash Ireland at FIDE Online Olympiad
DARWIN LAYLO By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippines smashed Ireland, 5-1, in the sixth round to remain in the hunt for ...
Fil-Canadian teen shocks defending champ Osaka at US Open
LEYLAH FERNANDEZ (AFP) NEW YORK (AFP) - Defending champion Naomi Osaka of Japan and Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas were ...
No medal for Team PH in Tokyo Paralympics, but gains toughness, experience
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine team will be going home from the Tokyo Paralympics with some exciting and sad stories ...
Medina, Paralympian bronze medalist, passes away
JOSEPHINE MEDINA (Facebook) By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Table tennis veteran Josephine Medina passed away Thursday, Sept. 2. She was 51. No ...
Expect weightlifting in 2024 Paris Olympics – Puentevella
MONICO PUENTEVELLA Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) head Monico Puentevella said their sport is likely to be played in the ...
EJ Obiena set to receive P250,000 reward for bettering PH mark
EJ OBIENA (File) By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is set to give EJ Obiena a cash incentive ...
Boxer Serantes, PH Hall of Famer, passes away
Leopoldo Serantes By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Philippine boxing Hall of Famer Leopoldo Serantes passed away Wednesday morning due to complications of ...
Bill to memorialize PH Olympians filed in Congress
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA CALOY 'GREAT DIFFERENCE' LOYZAGA A bill has been filed in the House of Representatives that seek to ...
EJ Obiena betters PH mark in finishing 2nd behind Olympic champion
EJ OBIENA (Screen shot) By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA EJ Obiena bettered his own national record in men’s pole vault as he ...
Olympic champ Hidilyn Diaz leads PSA’s top achievers for July
Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz's golden hands. (AFP) Hidilyn Diaz wanted nothing else but the gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, ...
PH para-wheelchair racer advances to finals
JERROLD MANGLIWAN By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan advanced to the medal round but swimmer Ernie Gawilan fell short ...
Tokyo Paralympics open in a blaze of color after year’s virus delay
Three torchbearers pose after lighting the Paralympic cauldron during the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the ...
Duterte honors Tokyo Games heroes; commits support to PH athletes
President Duterte presents incentives to first Filipino Olympic Gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz in an awarding ceremony in Malacañang on August ...
Big blow for PH Paralympians
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA The Philippine team bound for the Tokyo Paralympics suffered a blow after some members of the delegation ...
Season not over yet for Obiena as he joins Lausanne meet next week
EJ OBIENA By JONAS TERRADO Pole vaulter EJ Obiena returns to action for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics ...